Law Offices:
News & announcements for the week ofOctober 18, 1999

Students who would like to learn how to practice
law while they are in law school should apply for the in-house clinical
education program, LAW OFFICES. Applications for the spring 2000
semester are now available in Suite 600. The spring applications
are due no later than 10:00 a.m. on November 3, 1999.

Students may apply for Law Offices after they
have completed the equivalent to their first year of law school.
To be considered for a place, ALL students must return a completed Law
Offices application.

Students who have previously taken or who are
now taking Law Offices (called Continuing Law Offices Students), and who
submit their applications by the due date will be given preference in their
same practice group if availability permits. New students who
have submitted their applications by the due date will be selected tn the
Law Offices lottery. The total number of available places during
the fall semester is dependent upon the number of supervising attorneys
in each practice group. The number of available new places is dependent
upon the number of continuing students and has not yet been determined.

There are five in-house practice groups from which
to choose this Spring -- employment discrimination/civil rights with some
general practice, tax litigation, mediation & other ADR procedures,
criminal defense, and health with some family law.

In three of the in-house programs - employment
discrimination/civil rights litigation with some general practice program,
mediation & other ADR procedures, and the criminal defense litigation
program - students are given the option of enrolling for three or four
credits. Students who enroll for three credits put in a minimum of
twelve hours per week during the fourteen-week semester.

Students who enroll for four credits put in a
minimum of sixteen hours per week during the semester. In both the
tax and health law litigation programs, students enroll for three credits
and put in a minimum of twelve hours per week.

For more information, you may talk to the clinical
professors who supervise the various practice groups — Professors Gonzalez
(Room 629), Norton (Room 623) and Leader (she will join the Law Offices
on December 1, 1999) for employment discrimination/civil rights with some
general practice; Professor Kentra (Room 611) for mediation & other
ADR procedures; Professors Kling (Room 613), and Thomas (Room 609) for
criminal defense; Professor Abbott (Room 625) for tax litigation; and Professor
Kraus (Room 627) for health with some family law. Professor Laser
(Room 631) is also available to answer your questions. DEADLINEPlease note that applications for the spring
2000 semester must be submitted to the Receptionist in Suite 600 no later
than 10:00 a.m. on November 3, 1999.

WELCOME ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
of CLINICAL PRACTICE

LAURIE LEADER

Please join the Law Offices in welcoming Associate
Professor of Clinical Practice Laurie Leader, who is scheduled to begin
December 1, 1999. Ms. Leader is a well-known sole practitioner specializing
in the practice of commercial and employment litigation. She will
lead an Employment Discrimination / Civil Rights practice group.

CLINIC STUDENTS ASSIST IN
LITIGATION VICTORIES

Clinic students working with Prof. Richard Gonzalez have helped bring
about two major litigation victories. In one, the 7th Circuit Court
of Appeals ruled that employers have a duty to investigate hate crimes
perpetrated by co-employees, reversing a District Court decision.
In the other, the Human Rights Commission has awarded a quarter-million
dollar verdict to a white male accountant who proved at trial that he lost
his job due to race discrimination. Congratulations to students Erin
Foley, Jignasa Gadani, Debbie Cohen, and Carolyn Sperl who made huge contributions
toward these victories.

ADVANCED EXTERNSHIP PROGRAM

SPRING 2000

THIRD YEAR STUDENTS ONLY:

Do you wish to develop your legal skills, gain practical legal experience
in a specialized area of law with a corporation, firm or government agency,
and make yourself more marketable to prospective employers upon graduation?
If so, consider applying to the Advanced Externship Program for Spring
2000 Semester.

The Advanced Externship Program is a 4-credit hour non-graded program.
The program is open to students in their last two semesters of law school.
The student selects the area of law in which he/she wishes to extern.

For the fieldwork component, an extern is placed in a private or public,
civil or criminal practice and is required to work a minimum of 16 hours
a week at his/her designated placement. Externs interested in civil
law may select to work under the supervision of general counsel in major
corporations or under the supervision of designated teaching lawyers in
well-known firms or specific government agencies. Externs may specialize
in such diverse legal areas as tax, commodities, securities, corporate,
health care, medical malpractice, general corporate law, etc. Those
interested in criminal law may select to work with designated supervising
lawyers at the States Attorney's Office, Public Defender's Office, or the
U.S. Attorney's Office. Many externships offer the externs opportunities
to obtain a 711 license and appear in court.

In addition to your fieldwork, on designated Wednesdays at 4:00 - 4:55
p.m. all externs meet as a group.

If you are interested in learning more about externship opportunities
or in applying to the program, please see Professor Vivien Gross in Room
617. More information about the program and an accompanying application
form will be available in the Law Offices reception area and in the
Careers Services office as of Monday, October 11, 1999. Applications
must be turned in to Room 612 by 5:00 P.M. on Friday, November 5.
All applicants must have scheduled and completed an interview with Professor
Gross prior to turning in their applications.

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LAW OFFICES OF CHICAGO-KENT

The Law
Offices of Chicago-Kent offers nine long-standing programs in live-client
clinical legal education which accommodate over 150 students in the fall
and spring semesters and over 50 students in the summer semester.